October 07 solutions

10 positions were given in October in previous post. Each puzzle presents a combination played

at Grandmaster level.
Here are the solutions, together with explanations.

Play and Calculalte Well !



Puzzle 1:1. g6! Threatening mate in h8. 1..Bh4 2 Rh4 Kf8 3 Qh8+ Ke7 4 Qg7+ Kd8 5 Rh7 gives a winning attack.

(Dvoyris-Benkovic, 2003)



Puzzle 2:1. Rbf6! Black can't take the rook because of mate in h7. 1..Bh3 2 Rh6! is the neat finish. (Kolbasin-Borson, 2007)



Puzzle 3:1..Bg2+! 2 Kg2 Kg5+ 3 Kh1 Rg6 wins easily for Black.
(Vidal-Giorgadze 2007)


Puzzle 4:1. Rg3! 1-0. If Black takes the rook, White has the intermediate check 2Qf8+.
(Motylev-Dreev, 2007)


Puzzle 5:1 Nd5! ed5 2 Bc6+ Qc6 3 Bf6! regains the piece with interest. 3..Rg8 4 Be5 Be5 5 Re5+ Kf8 6 b5! wins ( idea is 6..Qb5 7 Rf7+! with mate, or 6..ab5 7 Qb4+ )
(Fillipov-Kasian , 2007)


Puzzle 6:1Nf6! h6 2 Qh6+ gh6 3 Rg8 #. Nice combination (a la capablanca) by the ex-world champion Anatoly Karpov
(Karpov-Stojanovic, 2007)


Puzzle 7:1 c5! ( obstruction: the move prevents the queen from coming back ) Kg8 2 Ne7+ Re7 3 Bf6! with a winning attack.

(Van Wely-Jakovenko, 2007)

Puzzle 8: 1Bh7+! Kh7 2 Ng5+ Kg8 3 Qe6+ Kh8 4 Qh3!+ and on ..Qh6, White exchanges the queens and plays Ne6 winning the exchange. Classic theme !

(Sokolov,A-Stucki, 2007)

Puzzle 9: 1Nb7 Qb7 2 Na5! Overloading : White gains material on every reply.

(Kveynis-Lapinsky, 2007)

Puzzle 10: 1c6! bc6 2 Rb1 Qa3 3 Rb8+ Kd7 4 Nb4! Obstruction : 5.Qd6 is a deadly threat. Nice attack started by opening lines.

(Jobava-Khamrakulov, 2007)